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Eight Days at Yalta
Meticulously researched and vividly written, Eight Days at Yalta is a remarkable work of intense historical drama.In the last winter of the Second World War, Winston Churchill, …
A Pirate Of Exquisite Mind
William Dampier, (1651-1715), was an English adventurer and pirate who preyed on ships on the Spanish Main. Poor and ill-educated and determined to make his fortune, he nonetheless …
Bob Thompson
A rich reconsideration of a short-lived but visionary voice in twentieth-century American painting and his enduring relevance Bob Thompson (1937–1966) came to critical acclaim in …
A Pirate of Exquisite Mind: The Life of William Dampier: Explorer, Naturalist, and Buccaneer
Seventeenth-century pirate genius William Dampier sailed around the world three times when crossing the Pacific was a major feat, was the first explorer to visit all five …
The Evolution of Charles Darwin
From the Los Angeles Times Book Prize–winning historian, the colorful, dramatic story of Charles Darwin’s journey on HMS Beagle that inspired the evolutionary theories in his …
Boxer Rebellion: The Dramatic Story of China's War on Foreigners that Shook the World in the Summ er of 1900
This acclaimed account of the Boxer Rebellion, by an Oxford-trained historian, is "an outstanding popular history that also passes muster as first-rate historical research" …
A Brief History of the Boxer Rebellion
Fuelled by hatred of foreigners and all they stood for, the ferocious uprising of Chinese peasants and ensuing siege of Peking in the summer of 1900 sent shockwaves around the …
Wilful Murder: The Sinking Of The Lusitania
The liner was the Lusitania and it was torpedoed by a German U-boat. Wilful Murder is the hugely compelling story of the sinking of the Lusitania.
Supporting Children with Autism in Mainstream Schools
It is increasingly common for children with autism to attend mainstream schools. In this book, the authors use their expertise and considerable experience of working with and …
Paradise in Chains
Celebrated historian Diana Preston presents betrayals, escapes, and survival at sea in her account of the mutiny of the Bounty and the flight of convicts from the Australian penal …
Supporting Children with Autism in Mainstream Schools
It is increasingly common for children with autism to attend mainstream schools. In this book, the authors use their expertise and considerable experience of working with and …